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Definition of Harmless
1. Adjective. Not causing or capable of causing harm. "Rendered the bomb harmless"
Similar to: Innocent, Innocuous
Antonyms: Harmful
Definition of Harmless
1. a. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
Definition of Harmless
1. Adjective. incapable of causing harm or danger ¹
2. Adjective. not intended to harm; inoffensive ¹
3. Adjective. safe ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harmless
1. not harmful [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harmless
Literary usage of Harmless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1884)
"he is harmless. Ah, given the insane mind and the impulse to restless wanderings,
who, not able to look into that man's inmost thought, or assign a limit to ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... for defendants was only one which jury properly could have rendered, if there
was any error in regard to instructions, it was harmless to plaintiff. 12. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"harmless and pleasant as the murmur of brook and wind. — ROBERT BUCHANAN. ...
harmless as the turtle of the woods. — OTWAY. harmless as a paper tiger. ..."
4. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"Surely a mild, a compliant, an unutterably tranquil and harmless old lady ?
But enough, perhaps, for the present, of Mrs. Vesey. ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see BENEFICIAL, harmless. 3. See INJURIOUS (referring to harm to legal
rights). harmonious, a. 1. See AGREEABLE, CONSISTENT, SMOOTH, ORDERLY. ..."
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